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International students may be required to enroll in the ESL class until the teacher deems the student has a sufficient mastery of the English language to comprehend and communicate subject concepts.
Course Objectives
I. Students will be introduced to American culture.
- The American family
- Home/house vocabulary
- Health/medical information
- Shopping (American sizes)
- Food (e.g., jello, peanut-butter-jelly sandwiches)
- Education system
- Brief U.S. history
- Brief U.S. geography
- Holidays and celebrations
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ESL students enjoying the Junior-Senior Banquet
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II. Students will learn American English.
- Pronunciation/phonics
- Auditory (listening) exercises
- Oral (repeating) exercises
- Conversation/dialogue
- Vocabulary (word meaning and usage)
- Idioms
III. The students will develop language skills.
- Grammar
- Reading comprehension
- Letter writing
- Essay writing
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IV. The students will participate in language-related games.
- Bingo
- Scrabble
- Hang-man
- Etc.
V. The students will view family-oriented films (DVDs) with English-subtitles.
- Writing critiques
- Writng opinions
ESL Course Outline
This class meets four days a week, Monday to Thursday.
Teacher: Amabelle Diamond
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